Havre - city in Hill County, Montana, United States

Havre is in the Russell Country of Montana. The population was 9,310 at the 2010 census.

Understand

The nearest major city, Great Falls, is about 120 miles (190 km) to the south. Havre is home to Montana State University – Northern.

Get in

By car

Havre is along U.S. Highway 2. The town is also the northern terminus of U.S. Highway 87.

By train

• Havre Station, 235 Main St. Noon-5PM. Served by Amtrak's Empire Builder once daily in each direction. It has a waiting room, but no staff, ticketing machines, or luggage service available.

Get around

• Budget Rent a Car, +1 406 265-1156, budget@tillemanmotor.com.
• JJ's Lunar taxi, 3209 14th St NE, +1 406-879-9962.

See

• Too Close For Comfort Site (Wahkpa Chu'gn), 1753 US Hwy 2 W, +1 406-265-4000. June 1-Labor Day: 9AM-2PM daily. Archaeological site at a location that had been used as a buffalo jump by three different Native American groups. $9 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students, children under 6 free
• Fort Assinniboine, US Hwy 87 southwest of town, 48.499722°, -109.794167°, +1 406 265-4000, +1 406 265-8336. June 1-Labor Day: tours begin at noon and 5PM daily. Fort built by the United States Army in 1879, in the aftereat Sioux War of 1876. $6 adults, $5 seniors, $4 students, children under 6 free
• Frank DeRosa Railroad Museum (Havre Beneath The Streets), 120 3rd Ave. Summer: Su M 9AM-5PM; winter: M-Sa 10AM-4PM. Rail and gritty underground dioramas from Havre's past. Price:Free
• Montana Dinosaur Trail - H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum, 2 5th Ave, +1 406 265-4000, clackmuseum@co.hill.mt.us. Summer: M-Sa 10AM-5PM, Su noon–5PM; winter: Tu-Sa 1-5PM. Price: Free

Do

• Fishing and Hunting.

Buy

• Holiday Village Shopping Mall, Hwy 2 W.
• Havre Book Exchange, 220 3rd Ave Suite 411 (inside the Atrium mall), 48.55231°, -109.67891°, +1 406 265-6452. Small used book store. 2020-12-24

Eat

• Char's Family Dining, 624 1st St, +1 406 265-1111.
• Duck Inn, 1300 First St., +1 406 265-1761. M-Sa 11AM to 10:30PM, Su 10AM-10PM. $7 to $20

Drink

• Murphy's Pub, 1465 Hwy 2 NW Suite A (located in Boothill Plaza), +1 406 265-4700.

Sleep

• AmericInn, 2520 Highway 2 West, +1 406 395-5000.
• Best Western Plus Havre Inn & Suites, 1425 U.S. Rte 2, +1 406-265-2888. Little waterslide accompanies pool.
• Siesta Motel, 600 1st Ave (Highway 2), +1 406 265-5863.

Connect

• Havre Chamber of Commerce, 130 5th Ave, chamber@havremt.net. M-F 9AM-5PM.

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